Were in the process of sending out 275,000 Diablo III beta invites to our opt-in testers. As itll take us a while to notify all the lucky invitees, we recommend heading to your Battle.net Account Management and seeing if youve received a Diablo III beta license. If you have, youre good to go! Download the beta client and use your Battle.net account and password to log in once its installed. While youre logged into your Account Management page though, dont forget to create your BattleTag. You can choose this permanent account-wide nickname by clicking on the BattleTag Create one now link on the left side of your main Battle.net Account page. Choose wisely as theres no current ability to change it. A BattleTag is required to play Diablo III, and so whether you get into beta or not you should pick one while youre there.
Keep in mind that with such a large amount of invites for our test hardware we fully expect a strong possibility of stress test issues, such as an inability to log in, disconnections, and potential lag/latency. Well also be testing our queuing system ,which you may see when attempting to enter a game.
Thank you for your continued help, feedback, and patience as we approach the May 15 release.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/4427704063